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Friday, September 04, 2015

Envisioning the World of Tomorrow: a catalog of future-looking web sites

What technologies are currently
shaping our world…and which will continue to mold our future? In this special posting, we'll take you on a tour of many wondrous web sites and other resources that aim spotlights at the future. And invite you all to chime in with favorites that I missed!

These visionary sites keep an eye on breakthroughs in scientific research and advances in
cutting edge technologies. They offer insights into innovative trends that
impact industry, education, energy, entertainment, transportation, economics, medicine, and war… with repercussions that spread through all aspects of society.

What progress is happening
in artificial intelligence, computers, robotics, drones, biotechnology and
nanotechnology? Examine disruptive technologies such as the peer to peer
economy, the internet of things, 3D printing, wearable tech, augmented reality (AR),
asteroid mining, smart cities, driverless cars that will transform our lives -- which some of these futurists believe will lead to the "technological singularity." Many of the sites host forums where you can join in discussions about this tense but exciting era.
Whether you're a scientist, engineer, entrepreneur, educator, writer, or interested
citizen, bookmark one or several to keep abreast of the change-tsunami that's shaping our future.

Futurity: Research News from
Top Universities - publishes updates on major advances in science, technology, health and the
environment, reporting on recent research from dozens of universities such as
Caltech, Yale, University of Chicago, Cornell, Duke and Carnegie Mellon.

Singularity Hub (published
by Singularity University) provides updates on cutting edge tech, news of breakthroughs in science, health, computing, VR, and digital currency, focusing on the human impacts of technological change.Kurzweil Accelerating Intelligence (by noted futurist, public speaker and author Ray Kurzweil) offers news, essays and insights about research in science and information-based technologies, including nanotech, biotech, the internet and neuroscience. It also offers videos, podcasts and reviews of recent films, TV shows and books. Oh, and an email weekly newsletter.

Futurism: this brand-new site (run by Alex Klokus) provides news updates focusing on breakthroughs in technology, computing, artificial intelligence, space, virtual reality, robotics, wearable tech, transportation, digital currency, and communication. Sign up to get their daily newsletter, This Week in Science in your inbox.
Even more with-it is the promise of Berit Anderson's Scoutnews site, which will offer investigative reporting on economics, ethics and future tech, "through stories, conversations and prototypes."Next Big Future: Coverage of Disruptive Science and Technology (by futurist Brian L. Wang) provides updates on energy, space travel and science research, as well as advances in technology, robotics, quantum computers, Artificial Intelligence and medicine.

io9: We Come from the Future: is the go-to place for daily coverage of things science fictional... leaning toward the science side... plus reviews of popular culture, and ideas about the world of tomorrow, run by Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz with blogs by (among others ) George Dvorsky.

Innovation Watch : The
Future is Here (compiled by David Forrest) offers links to news on robotics,
renewable energy, population, the internet, medicine, and entrepreneurship.

DeepStuff.org offers updates on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Nanotechnology, as well as news on research in physics, medicine and materials.

Long Bets: The Arena for
Accountable Predictions (founded by Stewart Brand and Kevin Kelly with grants from
Jeff Bezos) is “a public arena for enjoyably competitive predictions, of
interest to society, with philanthropic money at stake. For instance Kevin
Kelly predicted “By 2060 the total population of humans on earth will be less
than it is today.” You can make your own prediction, challenge his, or discuss
this prediction. When in San Francisco, visit the Interval Cafe - a bar for futurist types! At the fascinating HQ of the Long Now Foundation. Say hi to my Architechs co-star Alexander Rose.

The Good Judgment Project: "Harnessing the wisdom of the crowd to forecast world events." This began as part of a government-sponsored (IARPA) forecasting tournament, and has expanded as thousands of people around the world predict world events. Led by Phil Tetlock, Barb Mellers, and Don Moore, the collected forecasts have often surpassed predictions of trained CIA agents.

Future Timeline: a speculative website of potential future history. Part fact, part fiction, this timeline (and accompanying blog) offers forecasts and predictions for advances over the next few decades, then more far-out speculations, extrapolating into the next few centuries, and then peering beyond into our distant future...

== Futurist Organizations ==

A sampling of foundations, think tanks and institutes dedicated to researching and exploring the realm of the possible. Many of these promote education and fund research, as well as future-oriented projects and prizes. Some are membership based, others depend upon donations. Many are worthy of your support.

The World Future Society is a
nonprofit membership organization that studies how technological changes are
shaping society and the future. The WFS releases newsletters, hosts conferences
and publishes Futurist Magazine.

Aw heck, let's circle back and offer more info on The Long Now Foundation. It was
created by Stewart Brand to ”creatively foster long-term thinking and responsibility
in the framework of the next 10,000 years.”Besides hosting seminars and workshops, the foundation's initiatives include the ambitious Rosetta Project (to create a digital library of all human languages), the 10,000 Year Clock (designed by Danny Hillis), and Revive and Restore, a project to conserve genetic diversity across the globe.

Uber-effective! The XPrize Foundation: Making the Impossible Possible (founded by Peter Diamandis) supports competitions that stir major technological
innovations, “radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity.” Challenges
include the Lunar XPrize, the Tricorder XPrize and the Sensing XChallenge -- sponsored by Google, Qualcomm,

Nokia and Deloitte.

Humanity+ (founded by Nick Bostrom and David Pearce)
explores how innovations in science and technology will shape the future of
humanity and enable an expansion of human capabilities (transhumanism). Publishers
of H+ magazine.

Singularity University offers seminars, conferences and educational opportunities - including a Graduate Studies Program and Executive Program - for entrepreneurs and those seeking "to ride the wave of accelerating change."

SENS Research Foundation (Strategies for Engineered Negligible
Senescence, founded by Aubrey de Gray) supports research into developing
regenerative medicine, with an aim of curing age-related disease and extending
the human lifespan.Similarlythe Methuselah Foundation offers prizes, and supports projects which
seeks advance in regenerative medicine.

Institute for the Future
(IFTF) is a nonprofit organization (Director Marina Gorbis) that looks
toward technology horizons, seeking methods of foresight that enable strategic
planning for the future. They run a ten-year forecast program,a government futures lab, workshops, and a futures blog.Teach the Future is an education initiative (begun by Peter Bishop) to incorporate thinking about the future in school curricula. They offer starter kits and training for teachers.Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS): Seven Revolutions is an "ongoing research effort to identify and analyze the most important trends shaping the world out to the year 2035."

Future of Humanity Institute
at the University of Oxford supports cross-disciplinary research in science and
philosophy to look at the future of humanity and existential risks.

The Foresight Institute: a
think tank “focused on transformative future technologies, with an aim to
“discover and promote the upsides, and help avoid the dangers, of
nanotechnology, AI, biotech, and similar life-changing developments.”Future in Review (FiRe) hosts a major conference for thought leaders on the intersection of technology, science, entrepreneurship and the changing global economy (led by Mark Anderson, publisher of the Strategic News Service) I've attended all but a couple of these terrific sci-commerce and innovation conferences, which give good play to science fiction authors and their insights.Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies is involved with futures research, foresight and education, run by futurist Jim Dator. Foresight at the University of Houston offers a Masters level degree in futurism and foresight.== Discussing the Future: Podcasts ==The Science Network has launched a podcast titled Talking Science on TSN. Features include scientific gatherings (from Beyond Belief and Brains R Us to Waking Up to Sleep and the Stem Cell Meeting on the Mesa), and recording revealing conversations with scientists about their passion to know.Future Thinkers Podcast takes on topics such as the Future of Politics, AI, the Singularity, Science Fiction, philosophy and transhumanism (hosted by Mike Gilliland and Euvie Ivanova).

Meanwhile in the Future: a podcast on future topics from Gizmodo.Review the Future: a look at the impact of near-future technology on culture and society (hosted by Ted Kupper and Jon Perry). The Future Human Podcast "illuminates radical change, telling the stories of the thinkers, innovators and entrepreneurs who are re-shaping life in the 21st century," hosted by Jack Gwilym Roberts and Ben Beaumont Thomas.

Singularity 1 on 1 offers podcast interviews (hosted by Nikola Danaylov) with futurists, scientists, philosophers and writers, discussing the social impact of technology and progress toward the singularity.The Future and You: discussions about the future, hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb.Singularity Bros takes on topics dealing with technology's impact on the human experience.== Context for it all ==

I'll start collecting sites that give overviews of history and the universe, next. Here are some samples:

Big History Project attempts to understand human history within cosmic, geological and biological time frames.Urban Observatory's goal is to make the torrent of Earth/GIS data more understandable via better designed data visualizations.

== And finally... making a better future ==Want more? Better yet, want guidance to finding groups that you can join to help make a better world? For twenty + years I have promoted the concept of Proxy Activism... where busy people can nevertheless know that they are helping the world... by pooling money and effort with others who DO have the time!
Seriously, if you know of five things that you passionately believe should happen, odds are there are five groups working on those things exactly as you'd want to do, if you had the time! Read my introduction to The Power of Proxy Activism...
...and know this. That it is a very simple, easy method. Moreover, if you aren't doing this... just this one easy thing, helping five+ orgs save the world the way you'd want it to be saved... then you are blatantly admitting that you are part of the problem. Yes, you.
Come on. Make the future. Make tomorrow. Forward the Federation!

When I sat on the board at the Space Frontier Foundation, I used to argue for making arrangement to accept small donations and adjust our processes so the donors could see what they were bringing about. I based my arguments on your Proxy Activism paper. It's a hard sell because of the costs to the organization, but I thought it could be justified. I say this to encourage anyone who wants to pitch small dollars at organizations who don't get it to push a bit. There is a moderate chance someone in the organization does and your small dollars are exactly what they need to improve their focus. 8)

Jumper, Looks like MIT automated Mark Peiser's Cold Stream Casting process to 3D print glass. https://youtu.be/MUC4fcOnSygHe did it in 2004, using a vitritgraph, which I think goes back to Rudy Gritsch, in the late '80s. Although vitreography goes back at least to the Egyptians. I'd considered contacting Shapeways back in 2012 to fill molds with a colored silly sand 3D printer for glass casting, but you know, good ideas tend to already be done…

Nice to see the real technological phenom of new tricks for old dogs. Better still, hybrids of old and new tech. Exciting very large number combinations of old and new tech await us!

Another 'Go To' site is 'The Futurist' @ http://www.singularity2050.com/ for intelligent introductions to the AI, Education, Petrotyranny, Retirement & Misandry Bubbles that (by best-case scenario) can only lead to either an orgy of 'creative destruction' or destruction of the non-creative type.

John, I like it because it has no voids and unlike particulates which can be filled with resin it's a lot more stable under heat. And automatic, of course.Low cost wire welder printer. Love the off-the-shelf parts.http://3dprint.com/23868/cheap-metal-3d-printer-welder/

@Jumper - I'm not clear from the video why the hedgehog wouldn't just fly off into space as it moves by "jumping". I would have thought that any rover needs to pin itself down to the surface. A good way to do that is to attach anchored lines to the surface and traverse those lines. It's rather similar to mountain climbing, except that there is no force pulling you across the surface, and any movement away from the surface will require the lines to pull the vehicle back.

Great list, thanks a lot for the collection! Even though self-promotion is a bit against the rules, I'd like to point to my tumblr http://www.futurescope.co It's a ragbag full of emerging tech, odd futures and socio-technological trends. More near (likely) future developments than visionary topics. I'd love to hear your thoughts!

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